Ariana Grande Launches Petal Era with Record-Breaking Single “hate that i made you love me”

Historic Streaming Debut Without a Video

Perhaps the most telling metric of the song’s immediate impact was its streaming dominance. “hate that i made you love me” pulled in 8.788 million streams on Spotify during its opening day, launching it directly to No. 1 on the Daily Global Spotify chart and the U.S. Spotify chart .

This marks Grande’s biggest career debut for a single released without an accompanying music video. The track reached both chart peaks with no visual on release day, a feat that underscores pure listener demand and the strength of her audience connection heading into this album cycle . By comparison, her previous solo single “yes, and?” from 2024 debuted with 11.21 million streams with full visual support .

The Full Petal Picture

The single is just the first taste of Petal, Grande’s eighth studio album, which is set for release on July 31, 2026 . The project was announced on April 28, 2026, and is described as a 12-track album also arriving via BabyDoll Music and Republic Records . Grande is executive producing and co-writing the album alongside Ilya, who has been a consistent collaborator since her Dangerous Woman days . Pre-orders for the album are available in multiple formats, including cassette, CD, digital download, LP, and an exclusive vinyl edition named “Cloudy Gray Girl” .

The single’s powerful arrival has built significant momentum for the album’s summer release and arrives just days before the kick-off of Grande’s highly anticipated “Eternal Sunshine Tour” on June 6 in Oakland . For now, however, the music industry’s attention is fixed on a single that has already made clear: the Petal era is in full bloom.